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271:. He assisted first mate Joseph Gilbert in drawing Cook's maps and survey charts during the voyage, including one of the first recorded maps of Tierra del Fuego in 1773. Smith's wider artistic talents were also demonstrated by the production of a small
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Charles and Hannah Smith and cousin to James Cook's wife Elizabeth. He enlisted for naval service in 1767 at the age of thirteen, using his family connections to secure an immediate ranking of
171:, with whom he sailed on two voyages of exploration in the South Pacific. Smith was the first European to set foot in eastern Australia and the first to prepare survey maps of various Pacific islands and coastlines including
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under Cook's command, for a survey voyage off the west coast of
Newfoundland. On 27 May 1768, and still ranked able seaman, he transferred to his second vessel, Cook's
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Smith sailed again with Cook in 1772, as master's mate aboard
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223:First voyage of James Cook
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165:Elizabeth Cook (née Batts)
211:Terra Australis Incognita
77:Great Britain and Ireland
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860:Royal Navy rear admirals
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772:. Hodder and Stoughton.
665:"British History Online"
359:French Revolutionary War
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716:Besant, Walter (2009).
192:and a position aboard
806:Robson, John (2009).
687:"St. Mary the Virgin"
355:Battle of Tellicherry
95:Years of service
631:"Maritime Memorials"
341:East Indies Station
324:The future Admiral
295:Independent command
217:Pacific exploration
770:Captain James Cook
413:, pp. 175–176
345:William Cornwallis
326:John Surman Carden
242:Cook's lieutenant
183:Smith was born in
175:in South America.
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875:1831 deaths
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618:Besant 2009
411:Robson 2009
332:Marlborough
273:watercolour
237:James Magra
190:able seaman
153:Isaac Smith
132:Capture of
25:Isaac Smith
854:Categories
827:"Obituary"
606:Urban 1831
587:Hough 1994
554:Hough 1994
542:Hough 1994
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395:References
365:Later life
301:Resolution
285:Resolution
281:Antarctica
277:Resolution
268:Resolution
246:died from
235:following
233:midshipman
179:Early life
169:James Cook
161:Royal Navy
146:James Cook
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71:Allegiance
39:Botany Bay
662:cited in
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463:26 August
371:hepatitis
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